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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the English people feel toward Philip of Spain once he was married to the queen?
(a) They loved him.
(b) They obeyed him.
(c) They resented him.
(d) They admired him.

2. What did Philip want to do by the time Christmas arrived in 1554?
(a) Offer heretics repreive for the holiday.
(b) Leave as soon as his child was born.
(c) Take Mary back to Spain with him.
(d) Have his retinue spy on Elizabeth.

3. What did the act Parliament ratified to eradicate heresy from England give bishops the power to do?
(a) Investigate suspected heretics and torture them regardless if they are found guilty.
(b) Investigate suspected heretics and burn them at the stake regardless of they are found guilty.
(c) Investigate suspected heretics and torture them if found guilty.
(d) Investigate suspected heretics and burn them at the stake if found guilty.

4. According to Weir what was Mary's life goal that was a crowning achievement?
(a) To eradicate "traitors" from the kingdom.
(b) To follow England's "manifest destiny."
(c) To allow all religions as "one faith."
(d) To bring England back to the "true faith."

5. What happened when Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, reached out to communicate with his daughter Jane Grey after he was captured?
(a) They reconciled.
(b) They did not reconciled.
(c) They converted.
(d) It was too late for conversion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Queen Mary vow to do after the rebellion was stopped in London?

2. Where did the French launch a surprise attack and regain that city in 1558?

3. According to Weir, what did Mary most likely suffer from that accounted for her not giving birth?

4. When Thomas Wyatt confessed to the council about contacting Elizabeth twice, what did he tell her?

5. Why did Mary disallow Jane Grey's daily walks and freedoms at the Tower?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Parliament repeal the Act of Supremacy, passed under Henry VIII, and who returned to England following its repeal?

2. Why did Mary retract Jane Grey's privileges at the Tower, and under what condition did she offer her a reprieve?

3. What was the atmosphere at Hampton court when Mary and Philip arrived to await the birth of their first child?

4. Why did the queen's councilors want to wait before having Elizabeth marry, and how is it significant?

5. What was the Act for the Renewing of Three Statues made for the Punishment of Heresies, and how was it significant?

6. What rumors circulated about Mary's pregnancy, and what claim does Weir make about her condition?

7. How did the English people respond to Mary's marriage to Philip?

8. What was Philip's behavior and feeling toward Mary, and why is it significant?

9. What personal disadvantages did Mary have as Queen of England, and what did this foretell for her future reign?

10. Discuss Elizabeth's confinement in the Tower and what it revealed about her character?

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